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. >> it's possible the white house may be bluffing, the administration did order the pentagon to consider the big cuts in military spending that would happen if we don't reach an agreement. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> stocks closed mostly higher as wall street remains optimistic. but the economy will get a fresh update when the labor department released the november unemployment report. >> our big story here at home, police in fairfax county continue to investigate a disturbing find. >> a gun was found inside one of student's lockers. school officials ensure parents the kids were never at risk. melanie is live in fairfax county with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tony and allison. students and staff are starting to make their way in here to robinson secondary school a day after that disturbing find. the school says the community was never in danger, some parents are a little rattled about this. wish they knew more about what was going on. how many people were involved. they want to know what kind of gun it was and what was the reason it was brought to school. adminis
. >> it's possible the white house may be bluffing, the administration did order the pentagon to consider the big cuts in military spending that would happen if we don't reach an agreement. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> stocks closed mostly higher as wall street remains optimistic. but the economy will get a fresh update when the labor department released the november unemployment report. >> our big story here at home, police in fairfax county continue to...
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not the "mad magazine" version, this one between the pentagon and cia. "the washington post" report rg the pentagon plans to double the number of spice it has working abro abroad. it could have real impact on the future of the cia. washington post intelligence reporter greg miller and brad thor, "new york times" best selling author and former member of the department of homeland security's analytic red cell unit. greg, great story. how does this put these two agencies at odds? >> well, this is -- there's a long history of these two agencies having a rivalry but the amazing thing this time around is how they have worked out a deal here where both sides seem to feel okay about it. when you look at what's happened, this cross in leadership where you have a secretary of defense who used to run the cia and until a few weeks ago a cia director ursed to be a four-star army general, they've made an arrangement that seems to work for both sides. they've reduced that friction and pledge to work together on this. >> it feels a little though like russia, doesn't it,
not the "mad magazine" version, this one between the pentagon and cia. "the washington post" report rg the pentagon plans to double the number of spice it has working abro abroad. it could have real impact on the future of the cia. washington post intelligence reporter greg miller and brad thor, "new york times" best selling author and former member of the department of homeland security's analytic red cell unit. greg, great story. how does this put these two...
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pillows a prize-winning journalist, a former pentagon official said among our guests. we begin tonight with that triple digit rally on wall street. the market interpreted positive statements on a potential deal on the fiscal cliff by house speaker and rebounded from what had been a 112-point slide after the morning's opening bell. the dow jones industrials reversed, as i said, on the speaker's positive remarks and finished the session up 107 points. s&p up 11, nasdaq gained 24. all ten s&p 500 sectors moved higher on the day. that is the first time it has happened since october 4th. retailers drove the consumer discretionary sector energy industrials lead in the wake, and the rally started just minutes before house speaker made it clear that republicans are willing to deal on revenue and ready to find a resolution now >> we all know that we have had this spending crisis coming at like a eight train. it mst be dealt with. and in order to try to come to an agreement, republicans are willing to put revenue on the table, but it is time for the president and democrats to ge
pillows a prize-winning journalist, a former pentagon official said among our guests. we begin tonight with that triple digit rally on wall street. the market interpreted positive statements on a potential deal on the fiscal cliff by house speaker and rebounded from what had been a 112-point slide after the morning's opening bell. the dow jones industrials reversed, as i said, on the speaker's positive remarks and finished the session up 107 points. s&p up 11, nasdaq gained 24. all ten...
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it's the pentagon. and, you know, there was a time when i was a conservative, and i thought if you want to cut the pentagon budget, you must be some kind of come -- comey that hates america. the pentagon in the department of defense and the only department not subject to audit, that doesn't mean they fail the awe cut or look at all the things they found. they're not subject to audit. what we've been finding figuring out is piece by piece is that for example, since 9/11 in the nine years after 9/11, the pentagon budget went up. the increase in the pentagon budget was $2 trillion. $1 trillion went to the war, the other trillion nobody knows where it went to because the air force has been scaled back, the navy has been scaled back, the army increased margely, but it it's budget was vastly increased. where did the money go? and i think this is a crisis that we're enduring that is going have to require both liberals and conservative to rethink re-examine some of the sacred cows and say we can't afford to say
it's the pentagon. and, you know, there was a time when i was a conservative, and i thought if you want to cut the pentagon budget, you must be some kind of come -- comey that hates america. the pentagon in the department of defense and the only department not subject to audit, that doesn't mean they fail the awe cut or look at all the things they found. they're not subject to audit. what we've been finding figuring out is piece by piece is that for example, since 9/11 in the nine years after...
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i'm a defense hawk, but the pentagon needs to do a better job when it comes to handling the people's money too. you can't close that gap between spending and the debt by just raising taxes on the two upper income tax breaking news, you havbrackets.you have to deal wig entitlements like medicare and social security. >> greta: what do you think is going to happen? will we go over the fiscal cliff, or a last-minute hustle and something will be packaged together, probably not very satisfactory to anyone, not likely to solve our nation's problems? >> well, i feel like it's more likely than not we will go off the cliff. i'm not convinced that's not the president's plan. patty murray, one of the leading democrats, gave a specie a few weeks ago at brookings ago, said cliff in order to generate the additional taxes they want they would be willing to do so. i think that's incredibly reckless, because a lot of americans will be put out of work, the economy will crater, we'll be in a recession again, and once you start down that road it hard to know where it stops. >> greta: how does it affect c
i'm a defense hawk, but the pentagon needs to do a better job when it comes to handling the people's money too. you can't close that gap between spending and the debt by just raising taxes on the two upper income tax breaking news, you havbrackets.you have to deal wig entitlements like medicare and social security. >> greta: what do you think is going to happen? will we go over the fiscal cliff, or a last-minute hustle and something will be packaged together, probably not very...
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anybody who says we can't cut anything out of the pentagon has not spent the time i have in the pentagon. there's been a lot of money wasted through very wasteful practices, particularly in the space of contracting. if we don't get this fixed now, we'll be right back repeating the same mistakes the next time that we find ourselves putting men and women's lives at risk on behalf of our nation. >> you feel like the discussions that are happening right now around the defense bill and some of the things you have worked on, you feel like it's potentially ground to move forward? >> i do. and the main thing is to not go on to the next shiny object. we need to stay in this space, make sure we debate the issues fully, set policy clearly and then hold them accountable. hold their feet to the fire and make sure we don't go back to bad habits and some of decisions, people understand what the ground rules are. >> it's times like this you have to be focused on having the best debate. >> that's exactly right. >> congratulations on your win. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. nice to see you. we'll b
anybody who says we can't cut anything out of the pentagon has not spent the time i have in the pentagon. there's been a lot of money wasted through very wasteful practices, particularly in the space of contracting. if we don't get this fixed now, we'll be right back repeating the same mistakes the next time that we find ourselves putting men and women's lives at risk on behalf of our nation. >> you feel like the discussions that are happening right now around the defense bill and some of...
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but the pentagon has told the obama administration it would require more than 75,000 soldiers to secure syria's chemical weapons stockpile. it's impossible to say exactly how much that would cost. but the price tag for that sort of operation could easily run into the billions of dollars. now, again, there is no indication at all that such an operation will happen any time soon. all this coming just days after president obama warned the syrian regime of consequences if it turned chemical weapons on its own citizens. and today secretary of state hillary clinton saying the world has made that perfectly clear to president bashar assad. >> we have sent an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line and those responsible would be held to account. >> activists saying at least 40,000 people have died in the antigovernment uprising that began last year. now evidence the blood shed is again seeping across another border into lebanon. gunmen loyal to the syrian regime and rebels fought it out on the streets in the northern part of that country. dozens reported dead in two days of fightin
but the pentagon has told the obama administration it would require more than 75,000 soldiers to secure syria's chemical weapons stockpile. it's impossible to say exactly how much that would cost. but the price tag for that sort of operation could easily run into the billions of dollars. now, again, there is no indication at all that such an operation will happen any time soon. all this coming just days after president obama warned the syrian regime of consequences if it turned chemical weapons...
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it is off the heezie. >> story two, the pentagon robots. lauren you said you had an appreciate for metal men. in the genre of metal men, what kind of metal man would you appreciate? would you say you are more of a row bow cop woman or a terminator or the a c3po. >> when is a c3po? am i supposed to know what that is. >> if you know your ""star wars"". >> oh please. i don't know star worse. "star wars." >> the force is not with this one. >> i named my top three metal men. >> i am not digging them. >> i think tom revealed a lot about himself in the choices he made there. >> i see myself as a c3po. i don't know how the world sees me. >> a segue. >> whatever you say. i have no idea what that is. >> ambassador bolten, you seem to like the idea of the -- you like robot warfare it seems like. how about this, why don't we have the robots in the united nations? >> what difference would it make? >> i set him up. did you see me do that? >> thank thank you, thank you. >> the robot couldn't have done what you just did. >> bill schulz, you said you welcom
it is off the heezie. >> story two, the pentagon robots. lauren you said you had an appreciate for metal men. in the genre of metal men, what kind of metal man would you appreciate? would you say you are more of a row bow cop woman or a terminator or the a c3po. >> when is a c3po? am i supposed to know what that is. >> if you know your ""star wars"". >> oh please. i don't know star worse. "star wars." >> the force is not with this one....
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when you hire top pentagon officials and when the vice president is your former c.e.o. you're going to get the access that other people don't get is reportedly not coincident that vice president dick cheney's old company got a huge contract to help rebuild iraq time magazine's that is gotten a hold of a pentagon e-mail saying cheney's office coordinated halliburton multi-billion dollar deal all the revelations came out about how burton getting all these fancy no bid contracts there was not a single hearing in the congress house or senate about the mysterious bidding processes around iraq and halliburton. that's ridiculous the oversight responsibility belongs to the united states congress it belongs here and it's not happening here the senate should spend a little less. advertising allegations of wrongdoing and spend more time talking about what is going right if anybody believes that the contracts handed to haue a bird for iraq were. you know it is the moral equivalent of insider trading. you know i've got an ocean in the middle of kansas and i'd like to take you surf a
when you hire top pentagon officials and when the vice president is your former c.e.o. you're going to get the access that other people don't get is reportedly not coincident that vice president dick cheney's old company got a huge contract to help rebuild iraq time magazine's that is gotten a hold of a pentagon e-mail saying cheney's office coordinated halliburton multi-billion dollar deal all the revelations came out about how burton getting all these fancy no bid contracts there was not a...
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troops the pentagon has found some serious problems work on that contract as well pentagon auditors found no burton contract to provide food and housing for american troops at a staggering one point eight billion dollars in unsupported cost. how a burden was charging forty five dollars for canada like. the military for. the sodas were made right there in the desert it's not as if they were brought over from the united states. with arabic. you know coca-cola pepsico whatever right there in the desert so it's not as if they had transportation they had. one hundred dollars for clothes i washed. the. technology innovation. led mission is. going to take three. three. three. three. priests. of free media. today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. led. whenever we got our laundry back it felt worse than when we turned it in everything was still grimy and i was told by my chain of command that i was not allowed to wash my laundry on my own i had to take it to k.b.r. to have it washed even though we all knew that they were doing a horrible job because they g
troops the pentagon has found some serious problems work on that contract as well pentagon auditors found no burton contract to provide food and housing for american troops at a staggering one point eight billion dollars in unsupported cost. how a burden was charging forty five dollars for canada like. the military for. the sodas were made right there in the desert it's not as if they were brought over from the united states. with arabic. you know coca-cola pepsico whatever right there in the...
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the pentagon says cuts woold most likely ttrget research and technology, weapons and civilian defense department same sex couppes caa now get married in the state of washington. the washington state the ninth state to allow same sex marriage, in addition to the district of columbia. many saae sex couples manyeattte aaministratiin &pbuilding shortly after the la was signed. couples can begin picking up theer weeding certificates and licenses starting thissmorning. right here innmaryland.... for marriage liccnses' in ballimore city and montgommey county.today governor o'malley pill sign a ppoclaimation.... affirming voters decison to allow same sex maariage ii the . state.the clerk of courts says counties ill not be required to issuus licenses before januarr first, when the law goes into effeet. ccming up on the early eddtion... playing music... before the i-pod. i-pod. music? music? the local man who's preserving jukebox. 3 ((br 3 ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) map green liberty 40 ap 3 3 3 3 3 coming up... the orioles bring back a post-season hero. hero.the
the pentagon says cuts woold most likely ttrget research and technology, weapons and civilian defense department same sex couppes caa now get married in the state of washington. the washington state the ninth state to allow same sex marriage, in addition to the district of columbia. many saae sex couples manyeattte aaministratiin &pbuilding shortly after the la was signed. couples can begin picking up theer weeding certificates and licenses starting thissmorning. right here innmaryland.......
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pentagon rules prehave not women from officially serving in certain combat roles. today a big move to change that. and the palestinian leader, yasser arafat, died under mysterious circumstances years ago. we've heard speculation all along that israel may have poisoned him. now scientists have opened his grave to try to figure out whether somebody did poison him. and as it turns out, it's probably too late. the details ahead on this tuesday fox report cool, you found it. wow. nice place. ye. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat-rate boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate. id for postage online and arranged a free pickup. and i'm gonna track them online, too. nice. between those boxes and thislace, i'm totally staying sane this year. do i smell snickerdoodles? maybe. [ timer dings gotta go. [ male announcer ] priority mail flat rate boxes. online pricing starts at $5.15. only from the postal service. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, o
pentagon rules prehave not women from officially serving in certain combat roles. today a big move to change that. and the palestinian leader, yasser arafat, died under mysterious circumstances years ago. we've heard speculation all along that israel may have poisoned him. now scientists have opened his grave to try to figure out whether somebody did poison him. and as it turns out, it's probably too late. the details ahead on this tuesday fox report cool, you found it. wow. nice place. ye. [...
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cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. this family used capital one venture miles to come home for the holidays. that's double miles you can actually use... sadly, their brother's white christmas just got "blacked out." [ brother ] but it's the family party! really jingles your bells, doesn't it? my gift to you! the capital one venture card! for any flight, any time! that's double miles you can actually use! how illuminating. what's in your wallet? let me guess, am on the naughty list again? ho ho ho! but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch.
cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. this family used capital one venture miles to come home for the holidays. that's double miles you can actually use... sadly, their brother's white christmas just got "blacked out." [ brother ] but it's the family party! really jingles your bells, doesn't it? my gift to you! the capital one venture card! for any flight, any...
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. >> for the first time since the passage of the budget control act of 2011, the pentagon today announced off camera briefing it's begun preparing for sequest race, and the harm it would do to national security. >> the white house said the mood should not be read as change in commitment to reach an agreement. >> this is act in response. that were is in stark contrast to the defense contractors in october. midst of the presidential campaign to hold off on issuing a 60-day notice of potential layoffs to workers required by law. >> for to us have gone this long a period of time, without making any preparations for it, i think is a gross disservice to the american people. >> for months the pentagon officials have been speaking descriptively about the impact of the cuts. >> face the prospect of budget sequestration. that would be devastating to national security. >> more detailed look comes from the economiststein fuller at george mason university. he finds that a $45.1 million reduction of purchase of military equipment at research and development alone would reduce gdp by $86.5 billion and r
. >> for the first time since the passage of the budget control act of 2011, the pentagon today announced off camera briefing it's begun preparing for sequest race, and the harm it would do to national security. >> the white house said the mood should not be read as change in commitment to reach an agreement. >> this is act in response. that were is in stark contrast to the defense contractors in october. midst of the presidential campaign to hold off on issuing a 60-day...
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cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? ca this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ ♪ here come the -- [ cap twisting off ] hey, yo?! i lost audio. what happened?! [ ice crackling ] what!?! oh, it better not be! what's going on? ♪ it's time to put a stop to this! yay-e, yay-e! [ male announcer ] the coors light silver bullet pint. it's bigger. it's resealable. it's still the coldest. ♪ get out of my booth!!! [ male announcer ] frost brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal proteion. in most states, a legal plan
cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? ca this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ ♪ here come the -- [ cap twisting off ] hey, yo?! i lost audio. what happened?! [ ice crackling ] what!?! oh, it better not be! what's going on? ♪ it's time to put a stop to this! yay-e, yay-e! [ male announcer ] the coors light silver bullet pint. it's bigger. it's resealable. it's still the coldest. ♪ get out of my...
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cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us. tell us who these women are and what exactly they want changed. >> well, suzanne, these particular women are veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and like many military women, they are getting very frustrated about the rules here because basically many jobs have been opened to women but women are still legally prohibited by the military from serving in front line combat positions. these women say it's keeping them from advancing in their careers and that the reality of war, of course, is that women are in combat these days. one of them even helicopter pilot, she was shot down, wounded, and got a purple heart. listen to what one of these women had to say about their concerns. >> the policy limits my future in the marine corps. i would be assigned to positions based on my gender rather than my qualifications or accomplishments. this doesn't make sense to me personally or professionally and frankly doesn't make sense to the military. >> what they are saying is, look, here's the r
cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us. tell us who these women are and what exactly they want changed. >> well, suzanne, these particular women are veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and like many military women, they are getting very frustrated about the rules here because basically many jobs have been opened to women but women are still legally prohibited by the military from serving in front line combat positions. these women say it's keeping them from...
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the pentagon saying it will start doing short-term planning. before this the pentagon was doing no planning for automatic cuts that begin. the pentagon says it hasn't communicated to defense contractors yet about what to expect. all the folks here say they're just hoping congress and the white house get on the page on some debt deal. what is it comes to the debt deal the president speaking to the business roundtable a couple hours ago saying tax rates must go up on families earning more than $250,000 a year. republicans say they will take $800 billion in more tax revenue from wealthier americans only through closing deductions. the president also earlier today fired a warning on the debt ceiling. >> if congress in any way suggests that they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again, as part of a budget negotiation? which by the way we have never done in our history until we did it last year. i will not play that game. >> the reaction from republicans? this from a spokesperson for senate mi
the pentagon saying it will start doing short-term planning. before this the pentagon was doing no planning for automatic cuts that begin. the pentagon says it hasn't communicated to defense contractors yet about what to expect. all the folks here say they're just hoping congress and the white house get on the page on some debt deal. what is it comes to the debt deal the president speaking to the business roundtable a couple hours ago saying tax rates must go up on families earning more than...
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cuts in the pentagon budget wit deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ lou: 31 days until the fiscal clef, the threat of sequestration largely being ignored. automatic spending cuts to the tune of 1 trillion over ten years, half coming from our defense budget. joining me now to discuss the impact on our military, nestle security, we are joined by hammer and -- admiral mes lyons. they to have you back with us. your thoughts on the impact of sequestration is, indeed, it goes into affect year. >> in the words of the secretary of defense, leon panet, this will be a disaster. what the obama administration is doing is unilaterally reducing the military capability of our forces. this is at a time when we have china with its massive force expansion, building a world capable force projection capability. we have the russians modernizing the russian forces. we still have the iranian problem totally unresolved, north korea always a flashpoint. look at th
cuts in the pentagon budget wit deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ lou: 31 days until the fiscal clef, the threat of sequestration largely being ignored. automatic spending cuts to the tune of 1 trillion over ten years, half coming from our defense budget. joining me now to discuss the impact on our military, nestle security, we are joined by hammer and -- admiral mes lyons. they to have you back...
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meanwhile, "the new york times" reports the pentagon investigation into e-mails between kelley and general allen t top nato commander in afghanistan, has been narrowed down to between 60 and 70 messages that according to a defense official bear a fair amount of scrutiny. >>> well, if there is any doubt the holidays are fast approaching, here's a sure sign. tonight is the lighting of the world famous rockefeller center christmas tree. always a favorite time of year around here. right downstairs bill karins is live on the plaza for us with a preview of what the weather will be like, there, here, all around the nation. good morning, bill. >> good morning, lynn. a beautiful spruce stands 70 feet behind me and 50 feet wide. this tree will be lit later this evening on nbc at 8:00. this will be a great show and a lot of performances, the musical guests, hosted by al roker and savannah guthrie. you can expect people such as cee-lo green, mariah carey, trace adkins, billy crystal and bet midler. the storm went through the northeast and behind it very cold conditions. as they do light the tree up, a
meanwhile, "the new york times" reports the pentagon investigation into e-mails between kelley and general allen t top nato commander in afghanistan, has been narrowed down to between 60 and 70 messages that according to a defense official bear a fair amount of scrutiny. >>> well, if there is any doubt the holidays are fast approaching, here's a sure sign. tonight is the lighting of the world famous rockefeller center christmas tree. always a favorite time of year around...
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cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. look, if youave co like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and howhat feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps contl my copd mptotoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva ishe only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalationowder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. scuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek imdiate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain or problems passing urine. other side effects include drmouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd spiriva helps m
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agreements this is things to an amendment sponsored by senator ron wyden and what it does require the pentagon to disclose when it enters into indemnification agreements and this is where one party agrees to protect another party from being sued an example is the k.b.r. the largest military contractor a portland jury ruled that it must pay one hundred million dollars in damages for exposing veterans to toxic chemicals but the company is now suing the u.s. army corps of engineers because it says it's protected by an agreement with the pens a god and a number for cyber combat command this would require the pentagon to consult lawmakers if it wants to raise u.s. cyber command to an all out come back and command in other words congress needs to know when warfare is shifting from cyber war to actual war. and another three embassy security provisions would also raise up to a thousand marine corps personnel to provide security idea with embassies this of course is in the wake of the tragedy in benghazi where a u.s. ambassador was among the americans killed in what was later determined to be a terrori
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cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 c250 for $349 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small busins earns 2% cash back on every purchase, ery day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? ♪ lou: 31 days unl the fiscal clef, the threat of sequestration largely being ignored. automatic spending cuts to the tune of 1 trillion over ten years, half comi
cuts in the pentagon budget with deadly consequences? can this congress and this president figure out how to do the right thing? admiral james lyons joins us next. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 c250 for $349 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. olaf gets great rewards for his small business!...
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>> bret: jennifer griffin at pentagon. thank you. >>> still ahead -- get ready to shell out more of your money for obamacare. first, the republicans court the hispanic vote. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] while you're getting ready for the holidays, we're getting ready for you. tis the season. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. >> bret: the republican outreach to hispanics and other minorities is taking shape. the house today voted on the first step in g.o.p. immigration reform. correspondent doug mckelway tells us what is in it. >> with today's passage of stem jobs act, republican controlled house goes on record with a pro immigration, pro job creation bill. it provides green cards for 55,000 immigrants with advanced degrees in the sciences. but it also allows the recipient's families to join them and attempt to end the brain drain that hampers the high-tech industry. >> it makes no sense to educate people, bright, talented people and then frankly deport them so they can compete against the united
>> bret: jennifer griffin at pentagon. thank you. >>> still ahead -- get ready to shell out more of your money for obamacare. first, the republicans court the hispanic vote. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] while you're getting ready for the holidays, we're getting ready for you. tis the season. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. >> bret: the republican outreach to hispanics and other minorities is taking shape. the house today voted on the first step...
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the pentagon is also preparing to make cuts if no deal is reached. the preliminary plan is to cut $500 billion in programs. the pentagon spokesman says it could force them to abandon their new military strategy. it's also likely to affect spending and military weapons. >>> melissa with some breaking news. >> at least five people have been killed in clashes in cairo overnight. we're now hearing at least 500 people have been wounded. take a look at this video just into the newsroom. tanks are now being brought in to control the crowds. there are protesters and supporters outside president mohamed morsi's palace. they're arguing over the country's new constitution, which many say gives morsi too much power. >>> today world leaders are keeping an eye on syria after reports that the syrian military is preparing to use chemical weapons on its own people. the military there has reportedly begun loading the chemicals for a deadly nerve gas into aerial bombs that could be dropped from dozens of fighter bombers. they're reportedly just waiting on record from p
the pentagon is also preparing to make cuts if no deal is reached. the preliminary plan is to cut $500 billion in programs. the pentagon spokesman says it could force them to abandon their new military strategy. it's also likely to affect spending and military weapons. >>> melissa with some breaking news. >> at least five people have been killed in clashes in cairo overnight. we're now hearing at least 500 people have been wounded. take a look at this video just into the...
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organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support we'll discuss the role of the private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and if you've got taxes on your income we're getting bad get ready for this uncle sam is looking for ways to fix the student debt crisis by taking money right out of borrowers paychecks a new solution to an old problem coming up. good evening it's wednesday december fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out and you're watching our team let's begin this evening with what happened yesterday in a vote of ninety eight to zero the senate passed the national defense authorization act of two thousand and thirteen after five days of debate and hundreds of amendments considered many within the senate were proud of the progress made and of the bipartisan support the bill got something frankly that's been rather rare and capitol hill these days the bill now has to house senate conference committee where it will be discussed and differences between the house version of the bill hammered out howeve
organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support we'll discuss the role of the private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and if you've got taxes on your income we're getting bad get ready for this uncle sam is looking for ways to fix the student debt crisis by taking money right out of borrowers paychecks a new solution to an old problem coming up. good evening it's wednesday december fifth eight pm in washington...
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corporation that breaks the law and warns them with more contracts of course the controversial move by the pentagon is only the latest shady deal negotiated with blackwater which has a history of agree just violations of international law including murder in afghan civilians and destruction of private property all with absolute impunity not only is blackwater playing a huge role in up keeping the troops in afghanistan we also learned last month that the shady douche bags are part of the pentagon's plan to expand its global spy network in the coming years so let's keep our eyes on this criminal enterprise but for now let's break the set. sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures and in an era where corporations can rape and pillage the planet in which we live with zero accountability sometimes it takes people like you and me to step up to the plate while hard core environmental activist tim de christopher is one of those people in two thousand and eight he posed as a buyer for an oil and gas drilling auction for the utah bureau of land management and ended up one hundred fourteen drillin
corporation that breaks the law and warns them with more contracts of course the controversial move by the pentagon is only the latest shady deal negotiated with blackwater which has a history of agree just violations of international law including murder in afghan civilians and destruction of private property all with absolute impunity not only is blackwater playing a huge role in up keeping the troops in afghanistan we also learned last month that the shady douche bags are part of the...
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. ♪ melissa: so the pentagon get as green light to spend valuable defense funds on things like efforts to make biofuels. the military is focused on alternative energy sources faced constant debate in congress this year and i think rightly some republican senator james inhofe is a member of the armed services committee. senator, welcome back to the show. when i go through these stats it is really staggering. you look at the air force which paid $59 a gallon for 11,000 gallons of alternative fuel. the navy spent $12 million on biofuels at a rate of $26 a gallon. at a time we're talking about raising taxes and the fiscal cliff and what financial problems we're in this country, i read these numbers i want to tear my heart out. how do you feel? >> melissa, it is worse than that. in '09 he had the navy pay $424 a gallon for 20,000 gallons. that is fuel on the market you could buy for $3 a gallon. $424 a gallon. in mind, this president has had a war on our defense system. he disarmed america. he has done away with our brigade combat teams, our ships, our f-22s, c-17s, future combat systems. h
. ♪ melissa: so the pentagon get as green light to spend valuable defense funds on things like efforts to make biofuels. the military is focused on alternative energy sources faced constant debate in congress this year and i think rightly some republican senator james inhofe is a member of the armed services committee. senator, welcome back to the show. when i go through these stats it is really staggering. you look at the air force which paid $59 a gallon for 11,000 gallons of alternative...
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organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support will discuss the role of private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and uncooperative u.s. senators fell five votes short of ratifying a u.n. treaty to protect the disabled this in spite of unflinching support by key republicans and an unexpected appearance by bob dole had we'll take a look on why a hundred senators couldn't agree up to a treaty that one hundred fifty five nations could. well it's wednesday december fifth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching r t. starting off this hour yesterday in a vote of ninety eight zero the senate passed the national defense authorization act of two thousand and thirteen after five days of debate and hundreds of amendments considered many which in the senate were proud of the progress made and of the bipartisan support the bill had something rather rare these days on capitol hill the bill now now heads to a house senate conference committee where it will be discussed and differences between the house version of the
organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support will discuss the role of private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and uncooperative u.s. senators fell five votes short of ratifying a u.n. treaty to protect the disabled this in spite of unflinching support by key republicans and an unexpected appearance by bob dole had we'll take a look on why a hundred senators couldn't agree up to a treaty that one hundred...
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. >> rose: fighting over what within the pentagon? >> trying to make the first priority of the pentagon to be successful in the wars we were already in, the pentagon bureaucracy is structured to plan for war, not to wage war, and so getting badly needed equipment to the troops fast in months rather than in years or decades was just contrary to the nature of the building and it required a lot of effort to get them to do what i thought was the right thing, whether it was fixing walter reed and the way we treated our walter reed hospital and the way we treated our wounded warriors to armored vehicles to intelligence surveillance and recon sanls vehicles and drones, medivac and so on, it was it was a struggle. >> rose: as close as i have seen you tear up is when you talk about the responsibility of those men and women in harm's way. and you have said your legacy you hope is that they. >> rose:. > had their back to try and get them home safely and to care for them if you could. >> well, that is absolutely right and nothing means more to me
. >> rose: fighting over what within the pentagon? >> trying to make the first priority of the pentagon to be successful in the wars we were already in, the pentagon bureaucracy is structured to plan for war, not to wage war, and so getting badly needed equipment to the troops fast in months rather than in years or decades was just contrary to the nature of the building and it required a lot of effort to get them to do what i thought was the right thing, whether it was fixing walter...
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i spent a lot of times in the wings of the pentagon. if you don't think there's more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you don't understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> should these sequester cuts on defense be upheld, senator? >> david, as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we really have to look at much deeper reforms to the entitlements. and i would say that speaker boehner's biggest problem is not his base. it's having a willing partner on the other side that's really willing to look at these kinds of reforms. and i think that's going to happen. i think there's a possibility anyway. but i don't think it's his base. i think the speaker is frustrated right now because as you've mentioned, the white house keeps spiking the ball on tax increases for the wealthy. but has not yet been forthcoming on real entitlement reform. and without the two, there really is no deal. >> i want to come back to taxes. grover norquist, who will be back in just a minute on our roundtable. he has
i spent a lot of times in the wings of the pentagon. if you don't think there's more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you don't understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> should these sequester cuts on defense be upheld, senator? >> david, as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we really have to look at much deeper reforms to the entitlements. and i would say that speaker boehner's biggest problem is not his base. it's...
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pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons sites like this one. while u.s. officials confirm the precursor chemicals are loaded, they must still be mixed together to create the deadly sarin gas. the development shook the world. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton issued strong warnings to syria's president assad that there would be serious consequences if he used chemical weapons. >> it's the point of no return. they're going to lose any sort of backing that they had from the chinese and russians in terms of blocking the u.n. vote. and it's my
pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter...
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the pentagon wants to make sure that it stays that way. cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence reports on the battle to stop real-live terminators from taking to the skies. >> reporter: behind every missile, there's an actual human being, someone back at base remotely pulling the trigger. but the pentagon is preparing for the day when robots are capable of killing on their own. >> the machines, they're starting to take over. >> reporter: it conjures up images of "the terminator." >> if we uplink now, sky net will be in control of your military. >> you'll be in control of sky net, right? >> reporter: the pentagon just issued its first directive on autonomous weapons, forbidding the development of lethal weapons with no human control to minimize failures that could lead to unintended engagements. >> that's a sterile term meaning harming innocent, killing the wrong target. zblg t >> reporter: the pentagon admits these weapons are still 20, 30 years away. >> why now? >> the thought was technology is dynamic, and we'd like to get out ahead o
the pentagon wants to make sure that it stays that way. cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence reports on the battle to stop real-live terminators from taking to the skies. >> reporter: behind every missile, there's an actual human being, someone back at base remotely pulling the trigger. but the pentagon is preparing for the day when robots are capable of killing on their own. >> the machines, they're starting to take over. >> reporter: it conjures up images of "the...
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by the way, the pentagon has to be included in that as well. the big challenge we face is practical and time. when speaker boehner has to get specific about revenues, it's going to be a lot of anguish on the republican side. what we're going to look at on medicare is whether what we're doing is reforming the subpoena and bringing down the cost or just passing that cost off on to beneficiaries by cutting their benefits back. that's going to be tough on the democratic side. >> how about wealthy people? what about means testing medicare? you willing to do that? somebody's got $1 million in the bank. should they get medicare? >> up to a point. >> they should get medicare? >> they should get medicare, and there should be means testing. we're doing that now. so the fact is a balanced deal is the only way we're going to go forward. now, i am not advocating we go over the cliff. my preference is to get it done right away. but will we be able to do that when up until the election it was an over my dead body approach on both sides? now we're hearing the
by the way, the pentagon has to be included in that as well. the big challenge we face is practical and time. when speaker boehner has to get specific about revenues, it's going to be a lot of anguish on the republican side. what we're going to look at on medicare is whether what we're doing is reforming the subpoena and bringing down the cost or just passing that cost off on to beneficiaries by cutting their benefits back. that's going to be tough on the democratic side. >> how about...
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bothers me is that there are -- this idea we'll have a review, we'll have a four year plan like the pentagon, well, i don't know that's the best model to work on. gerri: all right. well, i have to ask you about bp today. >> sure. gerri: big news from bp, federal government saying you are disqualified from winning new contracts. here's bp's statement, the suspension is due to bp's lack of business integ try as demonstrated by the conduct with regard to the deepwater horizon blowout explosion, oil spill, and response. now, the stuff did not get hit today. what's your estimate of what it means? >> a temporary move. the obama administration, again, wanting to show -- hold up bp that we're puppishing them. it's a big company, one of the biggest producers in the u.s.. gerri: matter if it loses contracts in the u.s.? >> they are a lot already. they don't go away, this is just on new contracts. it's a temporary deal. gerri: come back to the set again. >> always happy to be here. gerri: coming up, live to the l.a. auto show and hottest trends in all things cars, and president obama heeds the call to
bothers me is that there are -- this idea we'll have a review, we'll have a four year plan like the pentagon, well, i don't know that's the best model to work on. gerri: all right. well, i have to ask you about bp today. >> sure. gerri: big news from bp, federal government saying you are disqualified from winning new contracts. here's bp's statement, the suspension is due to bp's lack of business integ try as demonstrated by the conduct with regard to the deepwater horizon blowout...
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>> that's a very good question, and since that's the pentagon's top lawyer asking it, we'll ask our brain trust, is the war on terror winding down? first, though, the fiscal cliff looms ever nearer, the house speaker, among many others, sounding very pessimistic today. are we headed over the edge? and after the election in a bruising defeat, what's next for the republican party? we'll talk to one top outgoing gop senator. good sunday afternoon to you, you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. there are no signs right now of a break in the deadlocked talks to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, the devastating combinations of tax increase and spending cuts that kick in january 1st. both sides seem to dig in this morning on the sunday talk shows. >> the only thing standing in the way of that would be a refusal by republicans that the rates would have to go up on the wealthiest americans, and i don't really see them doing it. >> right now, i would say we're nowhere, period, we're nowhere. >> that somber assessment today from house speaker john boehner, as geithner, the point man, went on
>> that's a very good question, and since that's the pentagon's top lawyer asking it, we'll ask our brain trust, is the war on terror winding down? first, though, the fiscal cliff looms ever nearer, the house speaker, among many others, sounding very pessimistic today. are we headed over the edge? and after the election in a bruising defeat, what's next for the republican party? we'll talk to one top outgoing gop senator. good sunday afternoon to you, you are watching msnbc, the place for...
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okay, chris lawrence for us at the pentagon. thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >>> well, it might be the most well-known military prison. a lot of people want that detention facility at guantanamo bay, they want it closed, but what can you do with the prisoners who are there? a new report says u.s. prisons could handle them with changes. here's our brian todd. >> reporter: he sits in a cell some 500 miles from american shor shores, cal lead shake mohammed, accused mastermind of 9/11 could be closer to residing on the very soil he allegedly conspired to attack. a newly released gao report said military and federal civilian prisons inside the u.s. would need several operational changes if detainees were to be transferred from guantanamo bay, cuba, to the u.s. but to senator dianne feinstein the report shows that if the political will exists, we could finally close guantanamo without imperilling our national security. the report says there are about 2,000 state, federal and local prisons that could be suitable and six military fac
okay, chris lawrence for us at the pentagon. thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >>> well, it might be the most well-known military prison. a lot of people want that detention facility at guantanamo bay, they want it closed, but what can you do with the prisoners who are there? a new report says u.s. prisons could handle them with changes. here's our brian todd. >> reporter: he sits in a cell some 500 miles from american shor shores, cal lead shake mohammed, accused...
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>> this is it the top lawyer at the pentagon. the general counsel of the defense department, jay johnson, speaking today at oxford university in britain broaching a subject that nobody at a high level of government has been willing to officially broach since 9/11. >> how will this conflict end? it is an unconventional conflict against an unconventional enemy and will not end in conventional terms. we cannot, and should not, expect al qaeda and. its associated forces to all surrender, all lay down their weapons in an old field or to sign a peace treaty with us. they are terrorist organizations. nor can we capture or kill every last terrorist who claims an affiliation with al qaeda. i can offer no prediction about when this conflict will end. or whether we are as winston churchill once described it near the "beginning of the end." on the present course, i do believe, there will be a tipping point. a tipping point at which so many of the leaders and operatives of al qaeda and its affiliates have been killed or captured and the group
>> this is it the top lawyer at the pentagon. the general counsel of the defense department, jay johnson, speaking today at oxford university in britain broaching a subject that nobody at a high level of government has been willing to officially broach since 9/11. >> how will this conflict end? it is an unconventional conflict against an unconventional enemy and will not end in conventional terms. we cannot, and should not, expect al qaeda and. its associated forces to all...
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and that should have the pentagon saying that the movements of these stockpiles if within syria beyond the usual movements in the sites which are known. i do not feel that the western countries in spite of your demands you gene kranz of the u.k. would be ready to have admitted to an intervention with boots on the ground in syria so this issue of the chemical weapons. is so useful to eventually the ground put you money type of. intervention which may include some frights eventually but mostly i doubt strongly in western countries would send soldiers on the ground in syria and briefly do you think putin's visit to turkey will be helpful in overcoming the differences over syria between moscow and ankara . hopefully yes. as i said turkey cannot avoid listening to the position of russia about syria because of the dependency that turkey has on the russian energy. this is practically impossible for i don't have enough to take this into account so he has to find a compromise will be sure. we have to see what to do with the quest to have a duty to visit it as a limit to eventual participation i
and that should have the pentagon saying that the movements of these stockpiles if within syria beyond the usual movements in the sites which are known. i do not feel that the western countries in spite of your demands you gene kranz of the u.k. would be ready to have admitted to an intervention with boots on the ground in syria so this issue of the chemical weapons. is so useful to eventually the ground put you money type of. intervention which may include some frights eventually but mostly i...